Harvest ACTION
Create Project
Create a new project. Example: call with clientId set to InGen Corp's client ID, projectName="Compound Perimeter Fence Upgrade", isBillable=true, billBy="Project", budgetBy="none". See the documentation.
- Action
- Writes data
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Harvest account once, then configure and run Create Project from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "harvest-create-project",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
harvest: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
accountId: "Account ID",
clientId: "Client ID",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "harvest-create-project",
"configured_props": {
"harvest": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"accountId": "Account ID",
"clientId": "Client ID"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "harvest",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "harvest-create-project",
arguments: {
accountId: "Account ID",
clientId: "Client ID",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
accountId Account ID | string | Your Harvest account ID, e.g. 1234567. Run List Account ID Options to find it. Required |
clientId Client ID | string | Free-form client ID, e.g. 5735776. Run List Clients first to find valid IDs. Required |
projectName Project Name | string | The name of the project. Run Get Project or Get Projects to see names on existing projects. Required |
isBillable Is Billable | boolean | Whether the project is billable. Required |
billBy Bill By | string | Method by which the project is invoiced. One of: Project, Tasks, People, none. Required |
budgetBy Budget By | string | Method by which the project is budgeted. project, task, and person budget in hours (set Budget); project_cost and task_fees budget in money (set Cost Budget); none sets no budget. Required |
code Code | string | The code associated with the project, e.g. PRJ-100. Run Get Project or Get Projects to see codes on existing projects. Optional |
isActive Is Active | boolean | Whether the project is active. Optional |
isFixedFee Is Fixed Fee | boolean | Whether the project is a fixed-fee project. Optional |
hourlyRate Hourly Rate | string | Rate for projects billed by Project Hourly Rate, decimal, e.g. 150 or 150.00. Run Get Project to see the current rate. Optional |
budget Budget | string | The budget in hours, decimal, e.g. 120 or 120.5. Only applies when Budget By is project, task, or person. Run Get Project to see the current budget. Optional |
costBudget Cost Budget | string | The budget in money, decimal, e.g. 10000 or 10000.00. Only applies when Budget By is project_cost or task_fees. Run Get Project to see the current cost budget. Optional |
notes Notes | string | Notes about the project. Run Get Project to see any existing notes. Optional |
startsOn Starts On | string | Start date, format YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 2026-09-01. Run Get Project to see the current start date. Optional |
endsOn Ends On | string | End date, format YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 2026-12-31. Run Get Project to see the current end date. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- harvest-create-project
- Version
- 0.0.1
- App
- Harvest
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗